A Time and Space to Think-Cape Breton December 15, 2016 — The Steeper Climb

The importance of goal-setting and striving to be better - two 'best practices' for the coming new year!  Bravo to The Steeper Climb for encouraging us all to ask those 'big' questions this time of year. Working near the table to set new goals for the Steeper Climb for 2017: Starting with more questions than …

The Unbusy Manifesto: How to slow down, chill out, and live life more intentionally — Quartz

When did we stop choosing our lives and begin surrendering to them? Half-living each day as a reaction to the constant barrage of never-ending to-do lists, social obligations, work functions, status updates, and more? Pummeled by reactive, autopilot busyness, rather than living life as an expression of who we really are? Of what matters most.… via …

The way doctors give patients bad news can teach us all something about how to have hard conversations — Quartz

It’s not uncommon for Andrew Epstein to spend sleepless nights replaying scenes from his day and wondering what more he could have done for his patients. Often, the answer is nothing—but that still doesn’t help his insomnia. Epstein is an oncologist at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. His job requires conversations… via …

Food scientists are trying to engineer milk chocolate to be as healthy as dark chocolate — Quartz

I sure hope they succeed!! People are always eager for good news about chocolate. That made us sitting ducks two years ago, when Harvard science journalist John Bohannon fooled the world by publishing a “study” that showed chocolate could help you lose weight. He watched the fake story and flimsy science get picked up by …